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- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
cases. The wide geographical coverage includes not only the United States and Europe but also less studied settings, including Chile, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Japan. The book serves as a warning against facile beliefs in the potential... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
growing, but not fast enough. Nuclear power should be part of the answer, although these facilities are very expensive to build—$6-8 billion for a thousand megawatt plant—and the disposal of nuclear waste remains a huge stumbling block... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
globalization plans are thwarted. Already Latin America's leading candy producer and an exporter to over 100 countries, Arcor analyzes how it can become truly global with production facilities and distribution networks in various regions,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
Charlotte, which in 2014 owned and managed hospitals and acute care facilities in three states. In 2011, Carolinas launched Dickson Advanced Analytics, which incorporated complex clinical, financial, demographic, and claims data to... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
mostly involving ground facilities and processes. This note provides an overview of the history and current state of air transportation in the U.S., covering industry costs; types of airlines, including passenger and cargo (e.g., Delta,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
genetically modified corn to manufacture it, and only consumers in locations with municipal composting facilities could compost this packaging. Most of the company’s compostable plastic would wind up in landfills, or even worse, consumers... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
and subscriptions. By 2010, for example, nearly 75 percent of Lincoln Center's $53.5 million operating revenue—excluding revenue from facilities operations—came from contributors. Attendance continued to decline for the youngest Americans... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
they were stepping stones to a larger goal. Before reaching middle management, he had had a total of twelve different assignments (nearly all lateral moves) in seven different functional areas, including those in facilities management and... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
treat effluents, control atmospheric emissions, or make environmentally-oriented facility upgrades. Consumers can get loans to purchase solar-powered water heaters or convert cars from gasoline to natural gas. Working with Friends of the... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
associated with the program rollout, we use both population based morbidity measures from the Demographic and Health Surveys and health facility based mortality data as reported in the national Health Management Information System. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
investment officer, Brian Trelstad, must decide whether or not to fund two for-profit ventures. The first provides clean and accessible shower and toilet facilities in urban areas, serving a critical need for low-income populations—its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
clichés and telling him to shut up. What bothers Lee is that Tony is so good at following the social script: He always knows, almost effortlessly, what he is supposed to do and say. This facility earns him praise, affection, respect, and... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria’s massive youth unemployment problem by engaging young people in agribusiness. To achieve his first goal, Sanginga in 2013 established a business incubation platform (BIP), which was tasked with establishing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Chicago's difficult decision recently to close a number of schools, given that there were too many facilities for too few students. The goal is for the remaining students to thrive with more resources per capita, with a focus on... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
organizations as well as in emerging markets in Africa and India. They are spending lavishly at home to establish institutional infrastructures, create free-trade zones for manufacturing and services, and build recreational facilities... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative effect of the policy reforms on the entry of startups versus View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
request that the company conduct anonymous surveys about employee engagement and the company culture, and then ask that the data be shared in raw form, "not the chewed and digested and spun form." He also suggests urging board members to make occasional... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
the sector, is that the metrics it uses to track its investments are largely output oriented, not outcome oriented. As an example, Acumen has invested in a Kenyan business that builds toilet and shower facilities in central business... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
the free international flow of goods and is core to many international trade agreements. The day medical schools, medical-device companies, and continuing medical education facilities located abroad might routinely call a U.S.... View Details